Product name | Clethodim |
Specification | 93%TC, 240g/L EC |
Toxicology | Oral: Acute oral LD50 for male rats 1630, female rats 1360, male mice 2570, female mice 2430 mg/kg. |
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Skin and eye: Acute percutaneous LD50 for rabbits >5000 mg/kg. Moderate skin irritant (rabbits). Not a skin sensitiser (guinea pigs). |
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Inhalation: LC50 (4 h) for rats >3.9 mg/l (total aerosol). |
NOEL: for mice 30, rats 16, dogs 1 mg/kg daily. |
ADI: (JMPR) 0.01 mg/kg b.w. [1999]; 0.16 mg/kg (Canada); 0.01 mg/kg (USA). |
Toxicity class: WHO (a.i.) III (company classification); EPA (formulation) III |
Applications | Mode of action: Systemic herbicide, rapidly absorbed and readily translocated from treated foliage to the root system and growing parts of the plant. |
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Uses: Post-emergence control of annual and perennial grasses, at 60-240 g/ha, in a wide range of broad-leaved crops (including such field crops as soya beans, cotton, flax, sunflowers, alfalfa, peanuts, oilseed rape, sugar beet, tobacco, and potatoes), vegetable crops, trees and vines. To be used with a non-phytotoxic crop oil concentrate. |
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Phytotoxicity: Good tolerance in broad-leaved crops. |
Mode of action | Selective systemic herbicide, absorbed by the leaves and roots, with translocation acropetally and basipetally throughout the plant. |
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